Mid-Carboniferous unconformity | |
Type: | Geological formation |
Age: | Namurian, Carboniferous, c. |
Period: | Carboniferous |
Prilithology: | Sandstone |
Otherlithology: | Conglomerate |
Underlies: | Mississippian-aged rocks |
Overlies: | Pennsylvanian-aged rocks |
The Mid-Carboniferous unconformity is an unconformity located in many countries, such as England (Namurian Series), Thailand, The United States and more. It has been dated to the Namurian, Middle Carboniferous (c.326-313 Ma) and the formation is often noted as being similar to the mid-Carboniferous eustatic event.[1]